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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Christina Makes the Bookish Rounds (59)

Christina Makes the Bookish Rounds is a feature that will let you know about recent MG/YA/NA book related news. I'll post about articles from the publishing industry, cover reveals, discussions from fellow bloggers, the latest tv/movie news, and giveaways that you're hosting. If you would like to follow along with cover reveals during the week, see my Pinterest.

Quiet Power: The Secret Strengths of Introverts - Susan Cain (based on her bestseller for adults, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. The new version will focus on the strengths and challenges of being an introverted child and teenager. Publication is set for May 2015; Dial).

The Accident Season - Moïra Fowley-Doyle (YA debut; Cara and her family become mysteriously accident-prone during the same time every year, until Cara begins to unravel the accident season's dark origins, revealing the secrets her family members are hiding from one another. Publication is scheduled for 2015; Penguin's Kathy Dawson Books).

The Dim - Janet Taylor (Debut pitched as Outlander for teens, about a 16-year-old girl who must travel back in time to 12th-century England to rescue her mother. Along the way, she becomes entangled with a secret society of time travelers and a mysterious boy who may be the key to setting her mother free. The book is scheduled for summer 2016; HMH).

Wing & Claw - Linda Sue Park (A new middle-grade fantasy-adventure series; a gifted young apothecary must protect the creatures of the Forest of Wonders from the dangerous effects of his own botanical creations. The first book, Wing & Claw: Forest of Wonders, is slated for winter 2016; HarperCollins).

The Shadow Clock - Heather Mackey (13-year-old orphan Thorn is a renowned criminal in the dark market of buying and selling magic. All his skills are put to the test when a rival thief offers information about his family in exchange for a dangerous job. Publication is scheduled for 2016; G.P. Putnam’s Sons).

My Favorite Manson Girl - Alison Umminger (Debut tells the present-day story of 15-year-old Anna, who escapes to Los Angeles for the summer and finds herself immersed in the story of the Manson Girls and begins to see disturbing parallels around her. It will pub in 2016; Flatiron Books).

A Totally Awkward Love Story - Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison (previously titled Lobsters in the U.K.... The book, which Sullivan calls The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight meets Bridesmaids, is a dual narrative novel by authors who dated when they were in high school, about a boy and girl who must navigate social misunderstandings, the plotting of well-meaning friends, and their own fears about being virgins forever. It's slated for summer 2016; Delacorte).

Phantom Army: The U.S. Ghost Soldiers of World War II - Paul B. Janeczko (about the dangerous game of deception played by a unit of U.S. soldiers with the Nazi Army during the last year of WWII; spring 2017, Candlewick).

The Lost and the Found - Cat Clarke (It's a psychological suspense novel about a girl whose older sister turns up 13 years after being kidnapped – and she begins to suspect that it's not really her sister after all. The book is slated for summer 2016; Crown).

Flower - Elizabeth Craft (l.) and debut author Shea Olsen (In the story, 17-year-old Charlotte has sworn off boys in her quest to be the first person in her family to go to college. But her plans are derailed when she crosses paths with Tate Collins, a reclusive, mysterious singer who has walked away from his superstardom. Publication is set for February 2016; Harlequin Teen).

Violent Ends - a novel with 17 authors, edited by Shaun David Hutchinson. The story centers on a 16-year-old school shooter, with each chapter set at a time before the shooting and told by characters who knew him, trying to answer one question: Why? Contributing authors include Beth Revis, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and Brendan and Neal Shusterman. Fall 2015 is the projected pub date; Simon Pulse).

Currently untitled middle-grade novel - Lynda Mullaly Hunt (in which Darlene "Baby" Clemens, who has seen the return of a long-missing parent, learns to shake off the dream of the perfect life to appreciate what she already has. It's planned for the second half of 2016; Penguin's Nancy Paulsen Books).

This Is Our Story - Ashley Elston (a teenage girl acts as the eyes and ears of the local prosecutor who must determine which of four boys killed the fifth member of their hunting party. Publication is scheduled for spring 2016; Disney-Hyperion).

Pip Bartlett's Guide to Magical Creatures - Maggie Stiefvater (illus) and Jackson Pearce (In the series, Pip is a girl who can talk to magical creatures, her aunt is a vet for magical creatures, and her new friend Tomas is allergic to most magical creatures. When things go amok – and they often do – Pip consults Jeffrey Higgleston's Guide to Magical Creatures, a reference work that requires frequent amending. The first volume will be published in May 2015; Scholastic).

Off the Page - Jodi Picoult and her daughter, Samantha van Leer (In the new story, 16-year-old Delilah has gotten together with Oliver, a prince who has, literally, sprung from the pages of a fairy tale. For Oliver to exist in Delilah's world, however, he must take the place of another boy; Edgar then comes forward and volunteers to swap places with Oliver. It's scheduled for a May 2015 release; Random House Children’s Books).

The Shadow Queen - C.J. Redwine (A dark fantasy inspired by "Snow White," in which a princess has lived in hiding from her stepmother for years, until the false queen sends out a new kind of huntsman – the crown prince of a nation of powerful dragon shifters, desperate enough to save his people to ally himself with even an evil usurper. It's scheduled for 2016; Balzer + Bray).

Gobsmacked - Natasha Friend (13-year-old Anna must navigate the murky waters of middle school without her best friend, who has moved on to different – more popular – group of girls, and without her mother, who is in the psychiatric ward after a suicide attempt. Publication for Gobsmacked is set for winter 2016. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux).

Monster - Victoria Schwab (tells the story of a teen boy and girl who never should have met, since their fathers are rival leaders of a divided city where violence breeds literal monsters. Conspiracies and betrayals send the teens on the run for their lives, but together, they could become each other's worst nightmare. Publication is planned for 2016; Greenwillow Books).

The Midnight War - Robin Yardi (debut; When Mateo sees two skunks steal his sister's tricycle, he can't believe his eyes. Fortunately, he and his friend Ashwin are aspiring knights, and they're prepared for a quest to retrieve the trike and win a stinky midnight war. Publication is scheduled for 2016; Carolrhoda Books).

Never Been Texted - Linda Joy Singleton (Ashlee, whose discount cell phone receives texts from a brokenhearted stranger, must decide whether or not to meet the sender. Publication is scheduled for fall 2015 for English rights; Leap Books).

Julie Eshbaugh's IVORY AND BONE, pitched as a YA Clan of the Cave Bear, this fantastical debut with a unique narrative structure tells the story of two star-crossed teens whose competing clans share a dark history, and who must choose between trusting—or fighting—each other, to Harper Children's for publication in Summer 2016.

Wireman - Sashi Kaufman (YA novel focuses on the complicated and longstanding friendship between two teenage boys, one of whom is hearing-impaired. Publication is scheduled for 2016; Carolrhoda Lab).

Bull - David Elliot (a contemporary retelling of Theseus and the Minotaur in verse for teens; in the story, a bull asks readers to ally their sympathies with the Minotaur rather than Theseus. It's scheduled for fall 2016; HMH).

With all of John Green’s recent success, it’s not too surprising that Penguin will be releasing a 10th Anniversary Edition of Looking for Alaska.

Along that line, Susan Cain will be publishing a children’s version of her highly popular non-fiction book on the power of introverts, Quiet (see above from rights reports). Apparently this is a trend for nonfiction writers to “sanitize and simplify” their works for kids.

The Publishing Industry needs to step up its game with regard to promoting diversity in both salaries and positions. (Complete with some nice graphs!)

J.K. Rowling recently released a small tidbit (Newt Scamander only meant to stay in New York for a few hours…) about the upcoming Fantastic Beasts movie in the form of an anagram. Did you see some of the guesses?

Which articles did you like best? Did I miss any news? Did you host a cover reveal or discussion that I should have posted about? A giveaway? Leave the links, and I'll either edit this post or post about 'em next week.

2 comments:

Oh, no! I hadn't heard about Afterworlds. I suppose I will in an hour or so when I start gathering links for the next bookish rounds, but anywho. It's actually not that many books if you think about it - they often will option only the *super* hyped titles for tv/movie, but those options don't last forever. Sometimes options will run out before they act on the project. They seem to hope that the project will have a lot of fans by the time they produce it but that doesn't always happen.

And I'm glad the posts are helpful! I need to read THIS IS NOT A TEST. Everyone raves about Courtney Summer. I read one of her books over five years and I vaguely remember liking it, but she's so loved in the blogosphere, I feel like I'm down on my game lol. I hope you enjoy the sequel for TINaT :).

I'm excited to see that there's a sequel to THIS IS NOT A TEST as I loved that book. I'm also surprised to see how many books are being made into movies/TV shows right out of publication nowadays. For instance, have you heard the news about AFTERWORLD's being turned into a show?

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